Improved washing-machine



UNITED STATES 4PATENT OFFICE.

EPHRAIM CULVER, OF SHELBURNE, *MASSACHUSETTS IMPROVED WASHING-MACHINE.`

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 47,802, dated May 23, 1865.

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, EPHEATM GULVER, of

Shelburne, in the countyof Franklin and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Washing-Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and letters of reference marked thereon.

Figure l is a perspective view ot the eXterior and of the upper and interior parts of the machine. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the beater and divisioneboards occupying the interior of the machine.

My invention consists in providing a box or chest with a lid, and divided by divisionboards into compartments, these divisionboards being slotted and perforated with holes, and a movable beater, perforated with holes, moving back and forth between the division-boards on wheels, and operated by a lever and connecting-rod, or their equivalents.

To enable others to make and use my invention, I proceed todescribe its construction and operation.

This machine consists of chest A, lid B, and

division-boards c c, and beater D, and wheels E E E E, and connecting-rod h, and lever t'.

rlhe cl )thes or fabrics to be cleansed are put into the chest between the division-boards, and on either side of the beater. The lid is then fastened down to prevent the escape of steam or water. The beater then being propelled back and forth, the clothes are turned slowly over and tossed to and fro without damage, while streams and jets of water through the slots and holes are projected upon them rapidly from different directions, causing them to be speedily and thoroughly cleansed.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination and arrangement of chest A and lid B with perforated division-boards c c, and beater D, and wheels E E E E, and lever z', and connecting-rod h, operating in the manner and substantially as above set forth,

for the purpose specified.

' EPHRAIM GULVER.

Witnesses:

GEO. C. BATES, Jr., CLARENCE WARNER. 

